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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Voice in the Darkness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Sergeant observes that the Young Woman looks like a(n) ________.
(a) Old Woman.
(b) Little girl.
(c) Mountain person.
(d) Intellectual.

2. As the Sergeant hassles the Young Woman in Act 1, the Officer reminds him that these women are not _________.
(a) Worthwhile.
(b) Wives.
(c) Criminals.
(d) Intelligent.

3. What can Joseph Dokes tell the Young Woman?
(a) How life is in the prison.
(b) How to find a lawyer.
(c) How to get her husband released.
(d) How to file a complaint.

4. What does the Sergeant call the women's husbands?
(a) Acquaintances.
(b) Playboys.
(c) Useless criminals.
(d) Enemies of the state.

5. What is at the Old Woman's feet as she waits at the prison wall?
(a) A sleeping bag.
(b) A baby.
(c) A basket.
(d) A dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the guard and the prisoner have in common?

2. Why is the Officer so irritated at the beginning of Act 1?

3. When the Old Woman and Prisoner begin to speak, what happens to the stage lights?

4. Why is the Young Woman's husband "in the wrong batch?"

5. The Prisoner says the Old Woman understand the guard's orders because:

(see the answer key)

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